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There were 33 area girls present for last Wednesday's session of the Molly McDowell basketball camp. McDowell, a Nokomis High School graduate who played professionally in Holland, held a four-day camp for players last week. McDowell is second from the left in the back row.

Colin Ledbetter, a 2014 graduate of Vandalia Community High School, recently signed a letter of intent to play men's soccer at Greenville College, becoming just the second player in Vandalia soccer history to play in college.

VANDALIA – Vandalia continued its summer volleyball schedule with a second-place finish to Effingham in its own tournament on Monday.

The Lady Vandals defeated Olney in the semifinals of the playoff bracket, but lost a close match to Effingham in the title game to earn its second second-place finish of the summer. The team will play in seven tournaments during the summer.

Vandalia held several leads against Effingham, but the Lady Hearts picked up five kills in the final 10 points to earn a 19-17 set win.

VANDALIA – Rising sophomore Emma Meyer scored 13 points, and the Lady Vandals held Altamont scoreless for the first 12:16 on their way to a 30-18 win in the third-place game of Tuesday afternoon’s Lady Vandal Shootout.

Rising junior Karlie Bright made three straight layups as part of a 14-0 run to start the game, which featured two 16-minute halves, before Altamont made a pair of free throws with 3:44 left on the clock.

Those shots sparked a 6-0 run for the Lady Indians, who kept Vandalia off of the board for the final 5:14 of the first half.

Two local teams will be among 15 to take to the courts in the third Vandal Shootout of the summer, which will be held next Monday and Tuesday at the four schools in the Vandalia district.

Vandalia’s varsity and junior varsity squads will be in the field, as will St. Elmo/Brownstown.

Following pool play on Tuesday, a tournament will be played in the early afternoon. Games will be played at Vandalia Community High School, Vandalia Junior High School, Vandalia Elementary School and Jefferson Primary School.

VANDALIA – Zach Schaal struck out 15 and was one of three players with two RBI as Post 95 broke a four-game losing streak with a 7-2 win against Centralia in the first game of Tuesday’s Jr. Legion doubleheader.

Schaal struck out at least one batter per inning, and three times recorded three punch outs in an inning to even his season record at 2-2.